Real Love: A Novel

A road not taken on a reality dating show leads one young woman to question her life choices-and whether or not she’s brave enough to change them-in the debut novel from the Bachelorette star and author of Miss Me with That

Maya Johnson lives her life according to The Plan. The Plan is to become the youngest female director her company has ever had, to marry her college sweetheart, and to build a fabulous life in Miami. And seeing as she’s on the verge of checking every last one of those items off her list, she doesn’t feel the need to go on the nationally beloved reality dating show Real Love when she’s offered the chance, so she turns it down and tells the producers that her best friend, Delilah, should go on it instead.

But as she watches Delilah become the lead, fall in love, and change her entire life, Maya begins to wonder if she’s really as happy as she thought she was-she doesn’t have much in the way of a work-life balance, her relationship isn’t quite where she thought it would be, and very little in her life is sparking joy.

When her free-spirited whirlwind of a little sister, Ella, blows into town for a surprise visit, Maya finds herself newly intrigued by Ella’s unrooted existence-and she’s equally intrigued by Ella’s gorgeous friend and fellow world traveler, Kai.

At a crossroads with both her professional and personal happiness, Maya will have to decide which path to choose: The Plan she’s worked so hard for, or something new entirely?